SPLIT UP OF SYLLABUS 2011- 12

CLASS III SUBJECT : EVS

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Month Theme\

Sub theme

Topic Key concepts Suggested Activities ELO Suggested

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Values Per

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1 April ANIMALS-

Animals

small and

big.

Some

creepy

crawlies

and flies

to.

1.Poona

m’s Day

out

Exploring children’s

ideas of an animal:-

crawling animals, flyers

and insects.

1. Identification and listing of different crawling and

creeping animals. (Use of visuals).

2. Exploration of the crawling animals and insects

found in their surroundings by the students.

3 Classification of animals based on their size/shape

/habitat/ habits (eating, movements etc.)

4. Using picture card and group activity to classify -

water living animals, land living and tree living

animals.

5. Make pictures of birds and animals by thumb and

finger print.

6. Mimicry on sounds of animals and birds.

7. Group activity: Act like animal and its

identification (guessing game).

8. Role play on sensitization of care and love for

animals.

8. Use computer aided resources and/Library

1. Classifies animals

based on their size,

shape, body parts,

eating, movements,

etc.

2.Explore the

environment to

observe different

types of animals and

the diversity that

exists among them.

3. Identifies the

habitats and habits of

animals.

4. Infers how shape ,

Pictures of animals,

birds, insects

Visit to a Zoo, bird,

sanctuaries, National

parks .

Crossword puzzles.

Cutout puzzle game .

Collection of different

types of leaves and

drying them

Wax colours to trace

dried leaves and

barks of different

types of trees

Love and

concern for birds

and animals.

Values for caring

birds and

animals.

Appreciation of

diversity in size

and shape of

beaks and claws

of different

birds.

Cherishing

Nature walk.

Being creative by

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resources on animal habitat. tail, leg\back. etc. of

animals are related to

their habits and

habitat.

5. Reasons out as to

why and where some

animals hide from

other animals.

Integrate with lesson

Birds Talk,A Little

fishstory from text

book of class III

Marigold .

Visuals to show

different birds ,

animals and their

habitats, sound of

animals and birds

,types of leaves and

trees.

doing different

activities

The child

becomes a good

and keen

observer.

PLANTS-

Plants

around us.

Leaves in

our lives.

2. The

Plant

Fairy

Exploring children’s

ideas about a ‘Plant’,

Plant diversity, size

where they grow, shape

colour, aroma etc.

Dependence on plants

for every day life.

Introduction of new

plants/croups and

1. Discussion of plants they have seen in their

surroundings. And share in the class.

2. Organize a nature walk and observe the plants

keenly.

3. List the familiar plants and classify them based

on their size as herbs, shrubs and trees.

4. Observing and collecting leaves of each –trees,

1. Lists the plants

which they see

around them, draw

their sketches.

2. Classifies the

familiar plants

based on the

Visit to the school

park .

A field trip to near

surrounding.

Pictures of different

types of plants like

herbs , shrubs, trees

Appreciates

diversity in

plants.

Develops

sensitivity

towards plants

and its

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changes observed by

elders over time.

Plant and the

climate/environments.

Leaf diversity-colour,

shape, aromas etc.

seasonal shedding of

leaves, compost from

leaves, leaf designs.

herbs and shrubs. Pencil paint of bark from 2-3

trees.

5. Discussion on compost pit.

6. Preparation clay impressions of different leaves.

7. Listing the names of some of the leaves which

are used as food items.

8. List the other uses of leaves in the form of a

table. : For example.

Name of

the plant

from

which leaf

is

obtained

deco

ratio

n

Med

icin

e

Cos

meti

cs

Religi

ous

Festi

val

Any

oth

ers

Neem

Mango

Heena

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9. Prepare picture cards using leaves.

10. Maintain a garden and realize the

responsibilities of a gardener.

11. Interview a gardener.

12. Celebrate Vanmahotsav Day.

13. Make pictures of animals using dry leaves.

14. Discussion on the uses and benefits of plants in

different sizes of

plants.

3. Hypothesizes

about the

consequence: If

there were no

plants and animals

on the earth.

4. Realizing the need

for growing plants.

5. Creativity in using

the dried leaves and

plants for some other

use like making

compost, making

greeting cards, wall

hangings etc.

6.Realizes health tips

by use of medicinal

plants in day to day

etc.

Pictures and

information on

plants found in cold

desert, hot desert,

rainforests etc.

Pictures of different

types of leaves like

leaves of banana

plant, fir tree, water

plants , cactus etc.

Collection of fresh

leaves .

Herbarium of dried

leaves.

Celebration of

Vanmahotsav.

Charts of thoughts on

conservation.

Love and

concern for

plants.

Appreciation of

nature.

Inculcating good

habit of walk in

nature.

Keen

observation.

Use of

biodegradable

wastes.

Awareness of

medicinal

benefits of

plants

diet. Listing the benefits. life

Integrate with Lesson

Magic Garden of

Marigold of English

text book of class III

Nature’s beauty .

Slogans on Save

Nature .

Realizing and

respecting the

work done by a

gardener

2 May

June

WATER-

Water for

my family.

3.

Water o

water

Loal sources of water ,

uses of water, gender

roles, distance,

estimation, social

discrimination, clean

water for drinking.

1.Draw different sources of water- such as Rain,

river, well, hand pump, tube well, lake, pond etc.

2.Write the names any five activities where you

require water.

3.Write the name of the river which flows in your

area.

4.Draw the pictures of the containers used in your

house for storing water in your house.

5.Use different containers to show which container

holds more water.

6.Pouring same quantity of water in different

shapes of containers to estimate.

7.Discussion- regarding gender roles –You may ask

questions like * who

fetches water in house?

* Do you have to go far to get water?

* Do your neighbours bring water from the same

The importance of

water as a useful

resource.

Uses of water,

Sources of water,

estimation, gender

role.

Pictures- of different

container used for

storing water, of

sources of water,

uses of water.

Stories based on

gender role in the

family.

Documentaries and

Stories on Desert life.

Multi coloured

mingled prints using

colours and water.

Various types of

water containers.

Importance of

water in our day

today life

Concern for

water

Care for

environment .

To stop

deforestation for

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place?

* Do you store water in your house?

* Why do we need to store water?

* Are there certain people who are not allowed to

take water from where you fetch water?

plenty rain

3 July FAMILY

AND

FRIENDS-

Relationshi

ps,

4. Our

first

school

Concept of a family,

diversity in family types,

as a support system,

ideas about

relationships, simple

family tree.

1. List the names of their members and compare

the size of the family and identify the small and

large family. Facilitate the students in classifying

them as nuclear, joint, and extended families.

Identify those who do not live with them. Where

they live, reasons why they don’t live with them

and the occasions when they meet. They may

design a table like the one given below to report

their observations.

Family

members

Do

they

live

with

you

If not

where

do they

live

Reasons

for not

living

with you

Occasions on

which you meet

Father

Mother Sister

Brother

Grandmother

Grandfather

Uncle

Aunty ……….

2. List the different leisure time activities they are

involved in and who taught them these.

1.List the family

members and their

roles and

relationships

2. List the relatives

who do not live with

them.

3. Classify families

into nuclear /joint

/ extended families.

4.Examine the family

history to create a

Photographs

/cutouts of

Different

Family members.

Charts showing family

tree.

Flash cards on sense

of work like shopping,

Appreciation of

the

contributions of

family members

and relatives.

Sharing and

caring.

Value the

benefits of joint

and nuclear

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Leisure time activities From whom they learnt

Games

Art and crafts

Drama

Mime shows

Dance

Music

Cycling

May design similar activities to generate interest

amongst students.

4. Organize a role play (dress and father,

grandmother, son daughter etc. to illustrate their

roles and relationships.

5. Provide a template of a family tree and ask to fill

in the names of their family members and their

relationships in the apples.

family tree.

5. Observe the

resemblances and

differences among

members of the

family.

cooking, cleaning

house, teaching

children etc.

Video clips showing

customs of different

families

Costumes for

students to act like

family members

family.

Importance of

having good

relations

with the

members of

extended family

and relatives.

SHELTER-

Houses

and

Houses.

5.Chott

u’s

House

Some unusual houses, a

narrative and a

discussion about why

such are built. Different

types of houses. Need

for shelter, need for

living together.

1. List different animals that live in and around

their house. Discuss domestic and pet animals that

live in their houses. The kind of food given to them.

The place where they live in the houses and how

they take care of these animals.

3. Drawing a house and its surroundings depicting

various animals birds and insects and their shelters.

1. Communicates

about the family

members and the

relationships amongst

them.

2. Observes and

records the different

animals that are

Picture of different

types of houses.

Cards of layout of a

house showing

different sections of a

house –like garden ,

backyard, dining

space , kitchen,

Appreciate the

importance of

keeping the

surroundings

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4. List the types of waste materials collected in the

house and how and where they are

disposed.(Observation for a period of week)

5. Let the students make their dream house.

found inside and

around their houses.

3. Identifies ways in

which these animals

get their food to

survive.

4.Observes and lists

the various ways and

means by which

houses are kept

clean.

bathroom.

Models of houses.

Visuals showing

houses in different

localities , city, village

and the comparison

of the rooms they use

for different

purposes-like kitchen

in village and in city

etc.

clean.

Concern for

living things.

Adjusting

oneself .

Finding better

alternatives in

hard times.

FOOD-

Food

6. Food

we eat

Appreciation cultural

diversity in food, basic

ideas about various

plants used as food.

Food from animals.

1.List out the food items eaten for breakfast, lunch

and dinner.

2. Make a list of food items obtained from plants

and animals.

3. Encourage each student to fill up the following

table. Analyze their findings by interviewing the

elders at home and share in the class the role that

age plays in the type of food consumed.

Name of the family

member

Age Food they eat during

a day

1.List the variety of

food items prepared

in the family.

2.Lists the different

eating practices

followed in the

family.

3. Relates the type

and amount of food

consumption to age,

gender, health and

Variety of food items,

pictures of variety of

plants, pictures

showing variety of

food items we get

from animals.

Animal products like

honey , milk, bee

wax, curd, butter ,

ghee, cheese.

Nutritional value

chart of various food

items.

Chart of Ideal age,

height and weight for

people of different

Value and

importance of

food.

Appreciates the

regional and

cultural

variations in

food.

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4. Discuss in groups the relationship between

health status, physical activity an food intake.

5. Lists the three food items which you like to eat.

6. Find out and write what all can be prepared from

Banana and Moong dal

7. Encourage to help in cooking at their home and

the next day discuss about their experience about

cooking.

physical activity.

4.Explore the

religious , regional

and cultural

variations in eating

food , adapting and

cherish them for

harmony.

5. Different types of

food items made

from different cereals

.

6. Staple food of

different states and

different countries.

ages.

Recipes.

Visuals showing

sources of food, plant

products and animal

products,

Sources of

carbohydrate,

proteins , fats,

calcium and other

nutrients ,

importance of

roughage in our diet ,

milk as a complete

food , recipe of sheer

khurma (a sweet dish

prepared from milk ,

dry fruits, sugar and

pure ghee), things

prepared from wheat,

rice, moong dal, udad

dal etc.

Eating healthy

food .

Avoiding

consumption of

junk food.

Interest in

cooking

Appreciating

home-made

food.

Awareness of

the nutritional

values of food

items.

8. Arrange for a community lunch for the class.

(And also discuss about the hygienic conditions )

4 August TRAVEL-

Talking

without

speaking.

7.

Saying

without

speakin

g

Communication without

speaking, use of sign

language, dance mudras.

Provide various smileys. Ask them to speak about

the expressions and what they communicate. Let

them translate their discussion in to an observation

, record as shown below:

SMILEY IDENTIFY WHAT IT

MEANS

7. Ask questions initiate discussion-

1.Recognises that

there are individuals

who cannot speak,

see or hear.

2.Appreciates the

skills of the differently

abled to converse and

express without using

language.

3.Sensitivity and

respect towards the

differently abled.

4.Knowing about the

Chart showing smiley.

Chart showing sign

languages.

Television for

showing news for the

hearing impaired

Concern for

people who

are

Different ly

Abled.

Helping

physically

challenged

people.

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* Do you like to talk this way? Give reasons.

*Do you find it interesting?

* Observe their pet animals and identify how they

communicate and follow instructions on different

occasions and write about it.

*When they want food.

*When they to show affection to you.

*When a stranger comes.

*When they see food.

*When they are asked to etch a ball etc.

8. Put up a simple chart of sign language in the

classroom and ask to use it to communicate. Ask

one group uses sign language, the other try to

interpret it.

sense organs and

their functions.

5. Learning and

understanding facial

expressions.

people.

Visuals of Mime

shows

Magazine

cuttings of

different

mudras.

ANIMALS-

Birds

8. Flying

High

Exploring children’s

ideas of birds their living

places, eating habits,

common features and

sounds produced them.

Feeding birds.

1. Let student list the names of birds they know.

2. Imitate the sounds of birds they have heard.

3. Observe the birds – their walk and movements of

necks and the students copy their neck

movements.

4. Collect the feathers which they find laying

around .Study their shape, size, colour and discuss.

5. Observe the beaks of different birds. Identify the

birds and write their name.

6. Explore the different types of birds they have

seen in their school garden or in their surroundings.

7. Observe and Identify the necks of different birds

with long and short necks. Relate that how the

1.Explores the

environment to

observe different

types of birds and the

diversity that exists

among them

2.Infers how neck ,

shape, claws, etc. of

birds related to their

Visuals on variety of

birds

showing their

movements, food

habits, habitats,

colour,

beak and claws.

Love and

concern for birds

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movements of neck of are helpful.

8 Collect feathers of different birds and identify to

which birds it belongs. Make an album of it.

*Prepare puppets of different birds form socks etc.

*To make a nest or birdhouse to be placed in their

garden/balcony/backyard (with food and water).

*Write a poem on peacock/cuckoo/parrot/swan or

any other bird.

9.Visit a bird sanctuary if there is any nearby along

with parents and write a report or talk about it in

the class

Integrate with the Lesson Nina and the Baby

Sparrow from English text book for Class III

(Marigold )

habits and habitat.

3. Knows about the

common

characteristics of all

the birds.

4. Knows habitats of

birds.

5. Knows eating

habits of birds.

Nests of birds,

Puppets of different

birds

Picture of variety of

birds.

Birds feathers.

WATER-

Water

Shortage

9.It’s

raining

Water for plants and

animals.

1. Discuss how they feel when it rains. What they

see in the sky when it rains Draw the rainbow and

thing use when it rains.

2. Talk with the farmer.

3. Observe a plant which is getting water and

another plant without water.

4. Explore the problem faced by the people when it

1. Reasons out the

need for conservation

of water.

2. Plants and animals

also need water.

3. Knows the sources

Visuals showing

growth of a plant,

Rain, water

cycle , rainbow

formation.

Importance of

water

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rains heavily.

8. Write a poem on rain and read out in the class.

And also collect some poems based on rains from

the books available in the library.

of water and their

uses.

4. Knows when the

rainbow appears.

Cassettes of Poems

on rain

Real growth of a

plant.

5 Septem

ber

FOOD-

Cooking ,

10.

What is

cooking

?

Food may be eaten raw

or cooked/-steamed,

boiled, baked, fried etc.

Different fuels, types of

stoves, Types of vessels

used in cooking ,

different shapes

(regional/traditional),

different materials etc.

1. Display samples of certain food items like fruits

and vegetables, pulses and grains, and food derived

from animals (milk, meat and fish) etc. Students

may be asked to classify them in which form they

eat- whether raw, cooked, raw and cooked.

1.Identifies the food

items that can be

eaten raw/cooked/

raw and cooked.

2.Describes various

methods in which

food is cooked at

home.

Pictures

/photographs of

vessels used in the

past ,

websites,

community lunch,

photographs of

cooking devices.

Kitchen sets used by

Appreciates the

cultural diversity

in food making.

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Design

Desig

Design similar activities to explain the topic.

2. Observe the cooking at home. Use the list of

food items given and decide about the methods of

cooking each items tabulate as shown below.

Foo

d

item

s

Methods of cooking

Frying Boiling Steaming Bakin

g

Roastin

g

Any

other

Roti

Bisc

uits

Puri

Cak

e

Rice

3.Reasons out why

certain food items are

eaten raw/cooked

and both.

4.Explore the various

fuels, vessels and

cooking devices used

in the past.

5.Narrates the

evolutionary changes

in fuels, cooking

vessels and devices.

children for playing.

Morsel and pistel ,

Sprouts,

Boiled Potatoes and

spices,

Fresh Fruits for

making fruit salad,

Custard powder and

milk.

Vegetables which can

be eaten raw.

Types of fuels.

Toys in the shape of

oven, gas stove,

oth

ers

3. Show Visuals / pictures of different methods of

cooking such as frying, steaming, boiling, roasting,

and baking. And let them identify the methods of

cooking.

4. Discuss and compare the vessels used for

cooking in the past and present. And reason out the

same.

5. In order to emphasize the regional variation in

food generate a discussion on some of the typical

food items of different states in India.

Sr N States Breakfast

1 Karnataka Avalaki, dosa, aki rotti

2 Punjab Alu paratta

3 Gujarat Dhokla, Khaman

4 Maharashtra Poha

5 Tamil Nadu Pongal

6 Kerala Puttu, appam nool puttu

We may take other states and their food habits. It

may be taken as project by the students.

6. compare the chulha and a gas stove and list the

6. Compare the

vessels and cooking

methods of people

from different

regions.

7. Appreciates the

cultural diversity in

food making.

kerosene stove,

chulha , Flash

card to match the

type of chulhas with

the fuel used in it.

Recipe.

Clay models of

different chulhas.

advantages and limitation of both.

7.Make models of difffernt types of vessels and

chulha.

TRAVEL-

Going

places.

Ways to

travel.

11.

From

here to

there

Need for travel, travel

within the locality and

beyond ; Travel to

different social spaces-

forest village, city etc.

travel for migration

,family occasions

Different modes of

transport: short

distances, long distance

Generate a discussion about instances of travel

together with family using questions, some are

given below:

* Where did you travel to ? (Teacher can show the

different places visited on the map )

* When did you travel ?

* For what did you travel ?

1.Communicates

about travel of self or

family.

2.Reasons out the

need for travelling.

3.Generalizes that

Picture of different

places with means of

travel shown in

various regions like

desert, seas, and

rivers. Pictures of

families travelling

Develops

aesthetic

sense, sharing

experiences.

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new ways of traveling,

Different kinds of

workers associate with

railway station.

* How did you travel ?

* What did you see on the way ?

* What did you see in the places visited ?

2.Read the stories of discovery of America by

Columbus and the adventures of Vasco-da-Gama to

emphasize that travel need not be only for

pleasure. Discovering places could also be part of

travel.

3.*Write a paragraph on the places they have

visited.

*Make an imaginary account of a trip to the moon.

travel may be to

nearby or far off

places.

4.Identifies the means

of travel on different

terrains, land forms

like deserts, hilly

areas, water bodies ,

plains and so

on.5.Discusses about

travel in modern

times and olden

times.

together and pictures

of means of travel in

olden times. Stories

about discovery of

America by Columbus

and the advantages

of Vasco-da-Gama.

Pictures of moon

surface.

WORK

AND PLAY-

Work

around me

,

Working

children

12.

Work

we do

Different occupations,

idea of working time and

leisure time, work inside

and outside homes-

gender, age, caste,

economic etc. aspects,

Sensitize children to

other children who work

at home and outside-

not a result of family

neglect but more

1. Listing the different types of work done by the

people around them in different places.

2. Share the information about how the work is

distributed in their homes. Impress upon the

students that house hold work is a joint

responsibility of the family by quoting some

examples. ( gender equality needs to be stressed ).

3. List the names of any five public places which

they come across while coming from home to

1.Identifies the

different types of

occupations/work

people are involved in

.

2.Identifies the

different types of

work done by the

Life incidents of child

labour,

Pictures of different

types of work.

Role play

Dignity of

labour.

Gender equality.

Value of time

and money.

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systemic cause.

Important that all

children go to school.

A sense of how child

labour existed in other

countries before all

children began to go to

good common schools.

school and the work done there.

4. Design their daily time table ( specifying the work

time, free time , study time, school time, etc.) and

share it with the class.

5. Observe people at work in their

neighbourhourhood. Identify five different types of

work and the name by which those people are

called.

Work they do What they are

called ?

1 2

3

4

5

6

Design some more activities to develop the

concpt.

family members.

3.Lists the work done

at home/outside,

before and after

school.

4. Identifies the type

of work done in

different work places.

5. Becomes aware of

the reasons why

some children work

outside and do not go

to school.

6. Becomes aware of

the fact that some

children work outside

as well as go to

school.

7. Sensitizes students

to the dignity of

Visuals showing

various helpers like

carpenter, electrician

, police, doctor

teacher etc.

Things used by the

helpers like Doctor

set, electrician’s

gadgets, carpenter’s

tools etc.

Toys of ambulance,

police van, fire

brigade, cart, bus,

trolley. Puzzle game

(join the parts)of

petrol pump,

Creativity.

6. Role play.

7. Quiz .

labour and also

gender equality.

hospital.

6 October FAMILY

AND

FREIENDS.-

Old and

physically

challenged

.

13.

Sharing

our

feelings

Sensitvity to the old and

physically challenged,

introduction to the

sense of hearing and

sight, sensitization to

the fact that the body

ages, also that some

children may not

hear/see at all or may be

partially affected. Basic

idea about Braille.

1. List sense organs and their role in day to day

activities. Recognize the importance of sense

organs.

*Locating an object blindfolded

*Trying to understand someone speaking with

closed ears.

*Communicating without speaking.

*Doing something with closed eyes, ears, and

mouth.

2. Explore the extraordinary talents that some of

the people posses.

3. Organize a visit to an institution meant for

physically challenged and writes report.

* Types of disability

* Difficulties faced

* Help rendered

*Equipments and materials used.

6. Explore the different ways in which they help old

1. Identifies people in

their surrounding

/neighborhood who

are old and /or

physically challenged.

2. List the ways in

which to help the old

and/or physically

challenged.

3. Reasons out why

some old and

physically challenged

need help to do their

Stories of physically

challenged people,

clip arts.

Institutions and

schools that deals

with the blind, deaf

and dumb.

Charts on Braille

scripts.

Cards having words

written in Braille

script.

Care and

concern for the

old and/or

physically

challenged.

Attitude /values

of helping the

needy.

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people (grandparents, uncles, aunts) at home and

other places.

7.Play a blindfolded game on the playground. – to

sensitize the importance of eyes.

8. Collect information about institions helping

physically challenged and old age people.

9.Observe

*News for deaf and dumb.

*Sports and games

*Various competitions in performing art.

work.

4. Becomes aware of

the fact that body

ages as we become

old.

5. Identifies people

who are physically

challenged but

capable of performing

challenging tasks.

Blind fold games.

Visuals showing

photos of people who

are physically

challenged and still

are very hard working

and successful.

Television for news of

deaf and dumb.

FOOD-

Eating in a

family

14.The

story of

food

Different eating

practices in the family.

Amount of food varying

with gender, age,

physical activity. Etc.

cooking and gender

/caste roles in the

family. Food for the

baby, significance of

milk.

1. List the food practice at home.

Analyze their findings by interviewing the elders at

home and share in the class the role that age plays

in the type of food consumed.

Name of the

family member

Age Food they eat

during a day

1.List the different

food eating practices

followed in the

family.

2. Relates the type

and amount of food

consumption to age ,

gender, health and

Family and

samples of food

items.

Tokri , fresh

vegetables, fruits ,

flowers.

Value of taking

the

right amount of

food according

to age, gender,

health and

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Design many such activities.

3. Discuss relationship between health status

physical activity and food intake.

4. Identify the role played by the members of their

own family in buying cooking and serving food.

Tabulate and reflect on it.

Name of

family

member

Relationship Buys

grocery

Cooks

food

Serves

food

5. Discuss in groups about various food items which

are prepared on various occasions and make a list

in a tabular form.

Christmas Eid Diwali Dusserra Holi Pongal

physical activity.

3.Explores the

religious , regional

and cultural

variations in eating

food.

4. Infers the different

roles played family

members in buying

cooking and serving

food.

5. Lists the food

items prepared for

family on festivals.

6. Identifies sources

of food.

7. Identifies and

understands the parts

of the plants that we

use for various

purposes.

Leaves of medicinal

plants like tulsi,

neem, mint, ajwain,

tea , spinach,

coriander, methi,

radish, coriander etc.

Visuals showing plant

sources and animal

sources of food,

differentiating plant

parts as flower, fruit,

leaves. Identification

of plant parts as

stem/root/ leaf/seed.

Uses of medicinal

plants.

physical activity.

6.Role play of two different families to show

distribution of work.

7. Collect plant parts.Let them classify these in to

four baskets as Flowers, fruits, leaves, other parts.

8. Identify the plant parts as stem, root, leaf,

seed.and discuss on the uses of medicinal plants.

9. Make groups of 8 students. Let them discuss on

the uses of medicinal plants.

7 Novemb

er

THINGS

WE MAKE

AND DO-

Pottery

15.

Making

pots

To meet the basic needs

human beings make

things, need natural

resources, creativity,

have changed the way

we live, An idea of the

earliest pots make for

storage of grains- when

there was potters wheel.

The experience of

making such pots with

clay. Drying and the

need to bake them for

greater strength.

1. Identify the different types of clay.(black, red,

sandy, clayey soil).

2. List and make the artifacts that can be made with

clay.

3. Explore how and why pots were used to store

grains in the past.

4. Make and compare the clay pots baked in heat

increases its strength.

*Does baking the clay improve its strength?

*While buying clay pots for keeping plants in the

garden /storing water. Why *people ask the

salesman is it baked well?

*What happens if pots are not baked well?

*In what other ways can clay artifacts be baked in

bulk? *The above questions can be discussed.

1. Identifies clay from

the sample of soils

given.

2. Infers that clay is

made of very fine

particles of soil.

3.Lists the artifacts

that can be made

using clay.

4. Reasons out why

clay pots are baked.

5. Lists the various

Different types of soil

Diya,

Kulhad,

Sakora,

Barni,

Small earthen pots,

Flower vas,

Cups made of clay

Potter’s wheel,

Chart paper cuttings

of different earthen

pots,

Pictures of Kiln

Visuals showing each

step involved in

making pots,

different types of

earthen pots their

uses, decorated pots ,

Dignity of Labour

,

Value of

appreciation

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1. Make pots of various shapes/draw pots and

exhibit them in the class.

2. Collect soil from three different places.( such as

school playgroud , farm, paddy fields and the place

where costruction work is going on and observe the

six of particles, colour and texture of the soil.)and

identify the soil suitable for pot making and give

reasons.

uses of pottery.

6. Lists different

products made from

clay which makes

means of livelihood

for people.

axle hammer, Kiln

etc.

Clay to make pots of

different shapes and

colours,

Materials used for

decorating earthen

pots.

Sieve.

Colours and brush for

painting pots.

WORK

AND PLAY-

Games we

play

16.

Games

we play

Leisure: games in school

and outside, past and

present; for some play in

work.

1. Collect information on various sports conducted

in their school and the names of their seniors who

topped in particular sports or have played at

national/SGFI level, initiate discussion on the

common sports and games played In schools.

2. Play a game of their choice. Discusses about it.

Also to Identify the materials used for different

games.

3. Explore how traditional games played in the past

have evolved into the modern ones.(like gilli danda

1. List the different

games played at

home and in school.

2. Classifies games

into indoor and

outdoor games.

3.Traces the evolution

games from the past

to the present.

Variety of sports

materials like

football, basket ball,

cricket bat and ball,

live telecast of games

on TV in the activity

room,

charts/pictures of

indoor and outdoor

Team spirit

Sportsmanship

Importance of

playing sports

/games

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to cricket.)

5. Shown a live telecast of any match followed by a

discussion.

6. Collect information regarding the different types

of games played in Olympics 2008/CWG . and find

out the indian medal winners and the name of the

sport for which they got.

4.Becomes aware

that some people

play games to earn

their livelihood.

games,

Photograph of sports

personalities.

Visuals showing

variety of indoor and

out door games,

materials used to play

these games, their

rules, famous sports

persons, their

awards, grounds of

these sports, Quiz on

all the above things.

8 Decemb

er

TRAVEL-

Mailing a

letter.

17.

Here

comes a

letter

Letter as a means of

communication, work

and people associated

with post office;

different mans of

communication, changes

with time.

1. Collect stories/pictures of the means of

communication used in the past and changes that

has taken place over the years.

2. Write a letter on a post card with the correct

addresses of sender and recipient.

3. Collect the postal stationary and means of

transport used for transporting letters. Display it in

Observes various

forms of messages

and communication

around.

Generalize that a

letter is one of the

means of sending and

Picture chart of the

working of the Post

office,

letter , post cards,

postal stamps, postal

envelopes , Model of

Appreciation and

advantages

of the modern

means of

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the classroom.

Role play in the class (taking into consideration

all the steps required in reaching letters to

destination.)

6. Visit to the near by Post Office. Observe and

report.

6. Discuss and compare the various benifits and

drawbacks of using cell phones.

7.Make models of Letter box.

receiving messages.

Communicate about

the format of writing

a letter

Communicates about

people who bring

letters and help to

send letters.

5. Traces the journey

of a letter from one

destination to

another.

6.Classifies means of

communications of

the past and present.

letter box,

Pictures of people

who work in post

office.

Phones, mobile

phones, Laptops,

pictures of fax

machine , pagers, Air

mail, Railway mail

service,

News Paper,

Magazine

communication.

SHELTER-

Decorating

and

cleaning

our

18. A

house

like this

My house,

houses/shelters are

decorated in different

ways in different

cultures; Need for

2. List different animals that live in and around

their house. How they care them.

3. Draw a house and its surroundings depicting

various animals, birds and insects and their

1. Communicates

about the family

members and the

Picture of a family , of

animals in and

around the house.

Appreciation of

the importance

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shelters,

My family

and other

animals.

shelter to provide

protection from heat

,cold , rain and problems

faced. Need to share

house work Garbage

disposal. Family

members; pets and

other animals , insects,

rodents, etc. Food for

pets and other animals.

Some are seen only at

night.

shelters.

4. Observe the animals and birds, the food they eat

and their shelters. (Identify the animal/bird seen

only at night.).

5. Observe over a week and list the types of waste

materials collected in the house and how and

where they are disposed.

Types of waste

How it is

disposed?

Where it is

disposed?

Waste paper

Garbage

Vegetable peel

Plastic

6. Divide the students into four groups and let them

decorate the four corners of the class room using

the materials that are nature friendly. This may be

done as a competition and the same may be

assessed.

relationships amongst

them.

2. Observes and

records the different

animals that are

found inside and

around their houses.

3. Identifies ways in

which these animals

get their food to

survive.

4.Observes and lists

the various ways and

means by which

houses are kept clean

5. Observes and

reports about the

methods of disposal

of waste water and

garbage in the house.

Visuals of these

animals their food

and eating habits.

Pictures of articles

used for cleaning the

house.

Samples of

decorating materials

used for decorate

houses during

festivals and

celebrations.

Visuals showing

different types of

houses according to

the different climatic

conditions , their

need , materials

required to built

them, their durability.

of keeping the

surroundings

clean and

concern for

living things.

FFO- What

animals

eat.

19. Our

friends

animals

Appreciation of cultural

diversity in food; basic

ideas about various

plant used as food; food

from animals.

1. List of animals and the food they take.

2. Explore the types of food and ways of feeding

various domestic animals like cow, cat dog.

3 Observe the food habits of a bird and an animal

for few days and report.

4. visit to a poultry farm/zoo/diary farm/fishrearing

farm and observe the feeds and feeding process.

5. Study the feeds and feeding process of fishes in

an aquarium.

1.Observes the food

habits of animals.

2.Lists various types

of food the animals

eat.

3.Classifies the

animals based on the

food they eat.

4. Describe the types

of food and ways of

feeding domestic

animals.

Pictures cards of

different animals,

animals feeds.

Puzzle game of cut

outs of animals, their

young ones and their

shelters.

Visuals showing the

interdependence of

living thing with each

other and with the

environment.

Care for birds

and animals.

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9 January WATER-

Water in

our lives,

Storing

water

20.

Drop by

drop

Use of water in different

activities; cultural

expression about

water/rain/rivers;

Observations related to

rain and the response of

plants and animals.

Measurment of volume

in terms of non-standard

units such as buckets,

pots etc. Estimate of

quantities used for

different domestic

• 1. Worksheet-Survey-(neighbourhood /

locality) to observe and report how water is

wasted by placing a tick ( ) mark in the

tabular column. Discuss their findings by

consolidating their observations on the

blackboard.and provide suitable examples

2.WORKSHEET 1

Wastage of water scho

ol

House Localit

y

1.Leaking tap

1.Observes and

reports about

wastage of water in

the locality.

2.Lists the ways to

reuse waste water.

3.Reasons out the

Worksheet

Materials for doing

experiments, buckets,

water filter or leaking

taps, dripping tap,

mugs ,cups , water

bottle.

Different types of

soils.

Making concern

for reducing

wastage of

water.

Importance of

reusing waste

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activities; safe handling

of water different

purposes; conceptual

development of

conservation of volume.

2.Leaking Pipe

3.Overflowing of water from

the tank/vessel

4.Over use of water

5. Any other reason

3. List down the measures they would take to

prevent the wastage of water , if observed in the

school/house. Consolidate.

4. Discuss with elders how to prevent wastage of

water.

5. Organise a visit to an industrial site to observe

waste water management.

6. Slogans on saving water.

need for conservation

of water.

4.Explains how to

conserve water.

5.Takes measures to

reduce wastage of

water at home and at

school.

Pictures of deserts.

Visuals to show

deserts, desert life,

how people manage

to get water, how

rain water is collected

by different means,

different storage

tanks and water

containers.

water.

FAMILY

AND

FRIENDS-

My family

and me.,

Whom do I

look like.

21.

Families

can be

differen

t

Family influences-

physical characteristics,

values and habits ,

appreciating qualities

and skills of family

members, family as a

support system .

Concept of similarity

between relations

hereditary features.

1.Visuals of the family showing the

relatinships.(The concept of large and small family,

Joint family, nuclear and extended family )

2. Identification of similarity and differences

among the siblings/twins.and among the family

members.in terms of physical traits .

Organize a role play by asking students to dress up

like grandfather, grandmother, son , daughter, etc.

1.List the family

members and their

roles and

relationship.

2.Classifies families

into

nuclear/joint/extende

d families.

3.Identifies the new

relationships in

Photographs /picture

of

family/relatives/twins

- identical twins and

un identical twins,

Charts showing family

tree of different

families

Appreciation of

the

contributions of

family

members and

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to illustrate their roles and relationships.

5. Provide the pictures of twins and let students

say what characteristics are similar.

future.

4.List the things that

they have learnt from

different members of

the family.

5.Identifies the

similar features

among the members

of the family.

6.Appreicates the

resemblance among

the family members

and relatives.

7.Identifies the

similarities among

identical twins.

Photographs /picture

of

family/relatives/twins

- identical twins and

un identical twins.

Charts showing family

tree.

relatives,

sharing and

caring,

valuing the

benefits of

joint and

nuclear family.

10 Februar

y

SHELTER-

Mapping

my

neighbour

22. Left

and

Right

Neighbourhood,

mapping and

reprensation in two

dimensions.

1.Activity to reinforce their understanding of four

directions, left and right etc . followed by

describing the locations of various objects and

places with reference to school or any landmark.

2. Identify the locations of their homes. Their

1.Identifies the

location of various

places using

landmarks.

2.Identifies the

location of various

Diagram of places

and locations as a

simplified map.

Perfection in

description

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hood.,

neighborhood-market, hospital, post office, their

schools, far , near, etc.

3. List the common landmarks used to give

directions.

4. Draw map of their locality indicating important

roads, landmarks, signs and symbols to reach

important places.

5.Blind fold Game ( to realise the difficulties faced

by the blind people.)

places using simple

route maps.

3.Gives smile

directions to locate

various places.

4.Draws simple route

maps to give

directions to locate

important places in

the neighborhood.

Map of India.

Road map to reach a

place

Description about the

directions and paths

to reach a place.

Symbols of

landmarks.

Chart of symbols

used in day to day life

THINGS

WE MAKE

AND DO-

Textiles

23. A

beautif

ul cloth

Diversity in types of

clothing we were; even

with unstitched clothing

colours and design are

used in textiles; scope

for creativity; vegitatble

dyes.

1.Observation of threads of mette

cloth/sack/woolen cloth and its

measurement.(length and breath).

2.Preparation of paper mat and compare with

woven cloth.

3.Exploration of cloths woven before machines

1.Infers that thread is

required to make

textiles.

2.Identifies the

variety of threads

used for making

Threads, piece of

cloth, colour paper,

vegetables , flowers,

leaves and grains.

Samples of cloth

printed by tie and dye

method.

Different types of

Appreciation of

Dignity of

labour.

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were used.

4.Showing Charka to the class and making thread

from cotton.They may further weave a piece of

cloth . Discuss the use of charka by Gandhiji

(emphasizing its role in patriotic movement/self

sufficiency).

6. Organise ethnic day in the school. Discribe of

dress of different regions.dresses

7. Encourage the children to dye/colour the

cloth using some of the vegetable dyes ( Turmeric,

beet root, kumkum, extract from leaves and

flowers etc.)

textiles.

3.Lists the sources of

thread- cotton, silk,

polyester.

4.Infers that by

placing thread along

its length and breath

clothe can be woven.

5.Observes how

traditional art is used

in prints on cloth

cloth – woolen, silk,

cotton, rayon ,

polyester etc.

Charka.

Visuals to show

natural fibers and

synthetic fibers,

examples of each,

people living in

different climatic

conditions, their

costumes according

to it.

FOOD-

What

animals

eat.

24.

Web of

life

Food of domestic and

wild animals; care of

domestic animals.

1. Collect pictures of plant eating and flesh eating

animals and paste them in the scrapbook.

2. Explore the types of food and ways of feeding

various domestic animals like cow , cat, dog.

3. Observe the food habits of a bird and an animal

for three days and report.

4. Classify the above list of list of animals in to

those which eat only plant, those, which eat only

flesh and some which eat both in the table given

below.

1.Observes the food

habits of animals.

2.Lists various types

of food the animals

eat.

3.Classify the animals

based on the food

they eat.

4. Describes the types

Pictures /picture

cards of different

animals,

animal feeds.

Photographs /picture

of

family/relatives/twins

- identical twins and

un identical twins,

Care and

concern

for birds and

animals.

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Plant eaters Flesh eaters Eat both plants

and flesh

5. Survey of the animal feed available in the

market.

of food and ways of

feeding domestic

animals.

Charts showing family

tree of different

families.

• Evs lessons may be integrated with languages and mathematics wherever necessary.